Author Archives: marialberg

#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 1: Surrender

Welcome to the first day of October! OctPoWriMo I woke up excited to get started on my first poem of October’s yearly poem-a-day challenge, and headed straight to the OctPoWriMo site. Though the heading on the Home page says “OctPoWriMo 2021”, the prompt is still the Day 31 prompt from last year. So, I hadContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 1: Surrender”

September’s Changing Focus Blog Challenge: Reflections

Last month I was excited to find the Changing Focus Blog Challenge, because I’m always looking for ways that my talents and creativity can work together, and a multimedia project around a theme each month felt like just the thing for me. I came up with, and executed, my Pathways response in two weeks. IContinue reading “September’s Changing Focus Blog Challenge: Reflections”

Thinking About #Writober

I got in the Halloween spirit a little early this year. Yesterday, I was tweeting about Readers Imbibing Peril. It starts the first of September, but I always forget until October. So in one way I’m early by only starting a couple weeks late. This year’s group book is The Sundial by Shirley Jackson. IContinue reading “Thinking About #Writober”

The Novelinee is new to me

Today’s prompt from Laura at Dverse Poets Pub is to write a Novelinee, a nine line stanza with a rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter. Let’s see what I can come up with. In novelty a sudden interest overpowers calmand everywhere I look a present fallslike plums too high to pluck now in my palmenthralling rubberContinue reading “The Novelinee is new to me”

Vision and Revision: a guest post by Jacob M. Appel

  Jacob M. Appel is an American author, poet, bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Education at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine, where he is Director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry. He is also the author of four literary novels, nine short story collections, anContinue reading “Vision and Revision: a guest post by Jacob M. Appel”

Oral Poetry: Trying a new writing process

The Poetics challenge from Ingrid at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem without writing it down. This intrigued me and sounded like a great way to start exploring some ideas for this month’s Changing Focus project around the theme “reflections.” I thought I’d share this vocal warm-up I like to do before recordingContinue reading “Oral Poetry: Trying a new writing process”

Now Back to the Scheduled Program . . . Revision: Using feedback to strategize.

It’s been fun taking this art break, but it’s time to get back to what this blog is all about this year: revision. And at the end of this post I have a special announcement. Ooooh, Aaahhh. Brainstorming Revision Strategies Since one of my stories placed in its event in the Writer’s Games, it willContinue reading “Now Back to the Scheduled Program . . . Revision: Using feedback to strategize.”

Pathways: a video, music, and poetry project

Update 9/2/2021: After enjoying all the oral poetry for the Poetics prompt this week, I thought the poets of dVerse Poets Pub might enjoy this for Open Link Night. I hope you will check out today’s special guest post from Jacob M. Appel on revision as well. Here it is! My response to wRightingMyLife’s ChangingContinue reading “Pathways: a video, music, and poetry project”